CEO Pay Rises Moderately; a Few Reap Huge Rewards

Analysis Finds Top 10% of Earners Account for 23% of Compensation

For most CEOs at big companies, pay is rising moderately and awards are increasingly tied to future financial performance. But that doesn't apply to everybody.

The Wall Street Journal's annual compensation survey found that, for all the debate around high CEO pay, the biggest rewards go to a relative handful of executives at the very top, and that their pay doesn't necessarily correlate to their company's size or results.